Trace-holder.



No. 888,872. L PATBNTED DEC., 18, 1808.

8. LAURE.

TRACE HOLDER. APPLIoATIoN Hmm APB.4.1908.

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UNITED STATES ra'rnnr anion.

GODFRIEI) LAUBE, OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOALBERT VAN DENBURG, OF HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

TRACE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application tiled April 4,1906.. Serial No. 309.847.

T all whom, it' WLG/y concern:

Be it known that I, GODFRIED LAUBE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Santa Monica, in the county of Los Angeles andState of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Trace-Holders, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements intrace-holders; and the invention has for its primary object to provide asimple and effective holder for retaining the slotted end of a trace ortug upon the end of a swingletree.

The present invention is an improvement upon that type of trace-holderwherein buttons have been employed for retaining the end of a tug ortrace upon the end of a swingletree. I am fully aware of buttonsheretofore being used but considerable trouble has been experienced inthe buttons becoming loose and lost by the swingletree splitting` orbecoming damaged, this defect being incurred by the buttons beingsecured to the end of a swingletree by a screw or the like fasteningmeans passing into the swingletree.

My invention aims to obviate the above defect by employing areinforcement-plate upon which I revolubly mount a button or bar, saidbutton or bar being adapted to retain a trace or tug upon the end of aswingletree when the same is positioned at right angles to saidswingletree.

The many other advantages of my improved trace-holder will be apparentfrom the following description, taken in connection with the drawings,wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, in which- Figure l is a top plan view of aswingletree constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is asimilar view illustrating the end of a trace or tug as mounted upon theend of the swingletree. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of theend of a swingletree constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 4is a top plan view of the end of a swingletree, illustrating a slightmodification of the' trace-holder as used in connection with theswingletree. Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating the end of a trace ortug as mounted thereon. dinal sectional view of the end of aswingletree, illustrating the construction entering into my modifiedform of trace-holder.

In the accompanyingdrawings the reference-numeral l' designates the endof a swingletree which is substantially oval in crosssection, and myinvention resides in providing the one face of the swingletree with acurved oblong plate 2, said plate being secured to the swingletree byscrews 3 3 3.

Upon the plate, which I will hereinafter term a reinforcement-plate, ispivotally mounted, by a rivet or pin 4, an oblong button or bar 5. Theswingletree l may be recessed, as at 6, to form a recess for thereception of the headed rivet or pin 4 employed to retain the button 5in engagement with the reinforcement-plate 2.

The reinforcement-plate 2 at one end of the button is provided with alug or protuberance 7, the. object of which will be preently described.

In securing the slotted end of a trace or tug 8 up on the end of aswingletree 1 equipped with my improved trace-holder the tug or trace ismoved over the button 5 when the same is lying parallel orin'longitudinal alinement with the edge of the swingletree l. The traceor tug is moved inwardly upon the end of a swingletree l until itengages the lug or protuberance 7 ,at which time the button 5 is rotateda quarter of a revolution or at a right angle to the swingletree 1, thusretaining the trace or tug 8 between the protuberance 7 and the button5. As the end of the trace or tug S is provided with a slot to permit ofits being mounted upon the swingletree l, the button 5 will be retainedat right angles to the slot by said trace or tug, thereby preventing thetrace or tug from being removed until it is forced inwardly upon theswingletree to permit of the button being swung into alinement with saidswingletree, at which time it can be easily and quickly removed.

In Figs. 4 to 6, inclusive, I have illustrated a slighty-modified formwherein a reinforcement-plate 2 is provided with countersunk or recessedportion 9, the swingletree l being correspondingly recessed, as at 10,to accommodate the countersunk portion of the reinforcement-plate 2. Abutton 5, similar to the button heretoforedescribedhisipivot- Fig. 6 isa longitu- IOO I attach considerable importance to the'`reinforcement-plates 2 and 24', as these plates dispense With securingthe buttons 5V and 5l directly to the end of a swingletree, therebyreducing the danger of said swingletrees splitting or the `buttonsbecoming loose and detached therefrom.

It Will be apparent Jfrom the foregoing that my improvedtrace-holderlisextremely sirn-4 ple in construction, strong and durable,and

comparatively inexpensive toxmanufacture, and I desire it to beunderstood that such changes as are permissible by the appended claimmay be resorted to Without departing Jfrom the spirit and scope of theinvention.

WhatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent7 isc A sWingletreeout away on its rear face, an escutcheon-plate secured to theswingletree over said cut-aWay portion, and depressed into the cut-awayportion, and a button rotatably mounted on the depressed portion of saidescutcheon-plate.

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

GODERIED LAURE.v Witnesses:

IIATTIE R. LAUBE, Gnovnn C. G. LAURE.

